ROBINSON TWP. — Eighty-six-year-old Bob Brown said he knew immediately he had struck a solid tee shot on the 107-yard par 3 at Evergreen Golf Course last week.

He just didn't know how good until his playing partners started hooting and hollering.

Brown, a retired trucker, had bent down to pick up his tee when his drive landed in the cup -- making him the oldest person to make a hole-in-one at the executive course in Robinson Township.

He's been playing golf since age 63, the year he retired. It's become a passion that brings him to the golf course at least twice a week.

Brown said he always thought he'd get a hole-in-one someday. A few years back, while playing in Florida, he fell 16 inches short.

It finally happened on a drive with a seven iron last week. His playing partner, Glenn Cunningham, kept his eye on the ball the whole time.

"The next thing I knew, Glenn was just hollering," said Brown, a Robinson Township resident. "He said, 'Hey, that's a hole-in-one, you're supposed to holler."

Brown has been modest about his big shot.

"It wasn't a big deal to me," he said with a smile. He said he hasn't bragged to friends or family about it.

Brown said he doesn't have anything special planned for the ball. In fact, he's still playing with it.

Cunningham said he's glad he witnessed the shot.

"I'm one of these people who gets excited, I started coaching the ball -- so I said, 'Go! Go! Go!' Then I looked over and he wasn't even looking," Cunningham said. "We were doing high fives and everything. He's a great guy."

And if it's worth doing at all, it's worth doing well -- Brown almost always makes the turn and plays 18 holes, he said.

"I just like to be out here hitting the ball," he said.

Co-owner Brent Fredricks said it's not uncommon for players to make a hole-in-one on his executive course. The youngest to do it is 8.

Brown has done what every golfer dreams of -- but not everyone accomplishes.

"I saw him later that day and he was still pretty excited," Fredricks said. "That's quite an accomplishment."

Brown turns 87 next week.

Does he think he'll get another hole-in-one someday?

"Umm, I might," he said. "It's just luck, I think. You can shoot for the flag all you want, but it's lucky when it goes in, I'll tell you that."